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Development
New Queensland town to spring up as thousands stream over the border
The bayside precinct, a stone’s throw from an award-winning winery, will include thousands of homes, a town centre, a foreshore park and potentially a school.
Christian Porter rape allegation documents revealed
The original dossier detailing a rape allegation against former attorney-general Christian Porter has been made publicly available for the first time, including allegedly contemporaneous diary notes written by the woman who accused him shortly before taking her own life last year.
Opinion
Political leadership
Maggoted? It would be kinder to say tired and emotional
While a senator denies she was intoxicated in the chamber, the episode perhaps exposes Australians’ tolerance for political drinking - and a national fascination with the terminology for inebriation.
Janine Perrett
Journalist, broadcaster and commentator
Fewer Australians and bigger deficits expected in intergenerational report
Josh Frydenberg will outline a 40-year projection on the state of the economy next week, with the impact of COVID to be a major factor.
Exempting vaccinated Aussies from travel bans would boost vaccine take-up: PM
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for fully vaccinated Australians to be exempted from interstate border bans.
Three Brisbane community cases after quarantine leak, centre president infected
Three people linked to the Brisbane Portuguese Family Centre where a COVID-positive woman visited, sparking concerns over possible community transmission, have contracted the virus.
Meet the young Australians turning video games into financial gains
Between them, siblings Tannar and Lannan Eacott have been seen by billions and have made millions.
Opinion
LGBT
Why does a gay sportsperson feel the need to come out publicly? Here’s why
When Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Carl Nassib became the first active NFL player to come out, some ask why he felt the need. Ian Roberts knows only too well.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
‘Wasted so much time’: New global panel to say carbon must be pulled from atmosphere
Governments will need to resort to extracting carbon from the atmosphere to avoid catastrophic climate change, according to the only Australian-based researcher of a new international scientific group.
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Tragedy
‘Like an earthquake’: Miami apartment tower collapses
A wing of a 12-storey beachfront apartment building collapsed in a town outside Miami early on Thursday morning, with at least one person dead and 99 still unaccounted for, officials said.
Lions dominate Cats in heated contest
In last year’s preliminary final, and again in round two earlier this season in Geelong, matches between the Cats and Brisbane have seen the Lions bullied off the ball.
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Swimming
Swimming Australia to be hit with fresh misconduct complaints
Madeline Groves will meet swimming officials on Friday as a wave of new complaints adds to calls for an external investigation into the sport’s culture.
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Opinion
Political leadership
The man who was the id of Australian politics is once again deputy prime minister
Chris Uhlmann
Nine News Political Editor
Just in
Queensland
Adani strikes coal at Carmichael mine site in central Queensland
Two years have passed since the mine was approved and the company is set to keep its promise of exporting coal this year.
US man and wife make journey to Queensland to see dying father
The details between the Gold Coast airport and hospital visit remain unclear, but Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young said Frans would be moved from Robina Hospital.
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Air accident
Two men dead after plane crashes into bushland
Two men, a 30-year-old from the northern Brisbane region, and a 46-year-old from the Sunshine Coast region, were found dead at the scene.
‘Only one resurfaced’: Search for missing diver in Qld continues
Brisbane Water Police officer-in-charge Mitch Gray said eight divers were called into search on Thursday while a helicopter and about nine vessels were on scene.
High Court hears Qld climate change sceptic’s appeal in academic freedom test case
A cast of colourful characters packed the High Court to support Peter Ridd, a physicist whose firing from James Cook University has become a test case for academic freedom.
Politics
Nationals MPs fear ‘vindictive’ reshuffle of cabinet posts rewarding Joyce backers
Barnaby Joyce is preparing to announce his new ministerial team as soon as Friday, with casualties expected to include Veterans’ Affairs Minister Darren Chester and Regional Health Minister Mark Coulton.
Business
Singapore Airlines says travel bubble talks are grounded
The carrier says talks with the Australian government about a travel bubble with Singapore aren’t going anywhere, hindering planning protocols to ensure travel can resume safely.
World
Canadian indigenous group finds 751 unmarked graves at former residential school
The remains were found at a now-defunct Catholic residential school, just weeks after a similar discovery rocked the country.
Opinion
It’s Australia’s springtime for workers: we’re more likely to be in jobs than at any time in our history
Andrew Charlton
Economic adviser to former Labor prime minister Kevin Rudd
Barnaby Joyce’s frenzied energy keeps all alert to being burned
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
How Barnaby found himself – briefly – up the Darling without a paddle
Tony Wright
Associate editor and special writer
Westpac’s $10 billion U-turn on New Zealand
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
Explore
Property bydomain
Brisbane's eastern suburbs see prices spike by 20 per cent
Cannon Hill, Carina, Tingalpa and Mansfield are sitting in the eye of a buyer storm that’s sparked record-breaking sale prices and auction bidding wars.
Pandemic property boom sees 90 per cent of Aussies sell for a profit this year
It's certainly been a great time to sell: nine out of every 10 Australians who sold their homes in the first part of the year made a profit.
Life & Culture
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Review
What’s Bill Nighy doing on the outskirts of Broken Hill? A bit, actually
The urbane British actor finds himself on the edge of Broken Hill with a creditable Australian accent and a dingo co-star in Buckley’s Chance.
Sport
Folau set to broker release from Catalans to allow him to play on Gold Coast
After countless threats and a Supreme Court challenge, Israel Folau’s registration saga appears to be finally coming to an end.
‘He’s playing with the big boys now’: Fittler turns blowtorch on Walsh over diving
The NSW coach has lit the fuse before one of the most anticipated Origin debuts in history.
‘They’ve bashed down the door’: Bellamy inspires Broncos star in NSW women’s Origin assault
Bellamy never enjoyed the success he would have liked in charge of NSW’s men’s team, but that didn’t dampen his enthusiasm for speaking to the women’s side on Thursday night.
Muscat poised to replace Postecoglou as coach in Japan’s top flight
Kevin Muscat is set to give Australian coaching another boost with a move to Japan’s top division, replacing ex-Socceroo mentor Ange Postecoglou at Yokohama Marinos.
‘I don’t understand it’: Wallabies boss wants 20-minute red cards for Test rugby
Two Super Rugby AU rule changes are set to be trialled. But Dave Rennie can’t figure out why a modified red card rule won’t be.
Opinion
Test cricket
Kiwis do fly, to the top of the world
The New Zealanders punch so far above their weight so often that they should be moved into a higher division.
Greg Baum
Sports columnist
Barty confirmed as Wimbledon top seed as Tomic hits new low in qualifiers
The world No. 1 will start Wimbledon with the No. 1 seed. The news wasn’t as good for Bernard Tomic overnight.
Have Your Say
Why Christian Welch might give Roy Masters a slice of his next deal
Christian Welch appreciated Roy Masters’ excellent piece in the Herald about how Origin I could be decided by him pressuring Nathan Cleary. Take Two on Sunday.
